Late Blooming Daylilies

Best for Last (Rice-JA, 2011) is a dormant tetraploid. Its 6 inch flowers are a lovely matte pink with a darker halo and yellow gold edge. Its scape is 35 inches tall.. (sdlg × sdlg)

Bucky Beaver (Howard-R., 2017)
height 33 in.(84 cm), bloom 6 in.(15 cm), season La, Dormant, Tetraploid, 15 buds, 3 branches, Light coral peach yellow blend with yellow green throat and yellow toothy edge. (Ruffled Strawberry Parfait × Reap the Whirlwind)

Cactus Blossom (Gossard, 2008) is a dormant tetraploid daylily with 5.25 inch strawberry flowers with strawberry and gold teeth edge above a yellow green throat. Its scape is 41 inches tall with 5 branches and 24 buds. It is registered as a rebloomer, but we have not observed that in our garden. ((Strawberry Candy × Heavenly Beginnings) × (Born Too Late × Crocodile Smile))

Explosion in the Paint Factory is a unique daylily. The striping is different every day. Occasionally, you may see a solid color bloom. It has 38 inch scapes with 4 branches and 20 buds with a 7 inch bloom. It is a dormant late-blooming tetraploid. It is an unusual form crispate-cascade-spatulate. The flowers are yellow with variable, red, broken, overlay. (Flying Trapeze × Webster's Aggie)

Golden Glitz (Holmes-S., 2011) is a dormant tetraploid with 7 inch rich golden yellow flowers with golden tendrils on the petals with a small green throat. Its rolled back sepals produce a triangular shape. Its scape is 42 inches tall with 5 branches and 35 buds. This one is new for us and we can't wait to see if it lives up to its registered stats. ((Great White × Awakening Dream) × Reap the Whirlwind)

Heavenly Yellow Lion (Gossard, 2008) is a dormant tetraploid with 7.5 inch lemon yellow flowers with a darker tentacle edge above a light green throat. Its scapes are 38 inches tall with 3 branches and 15 buds. It is registered as a rebloomer, but we have not observed that in our garden. (Sword Dancer × Saber Tooth Tiger)

Hot Buttered Rum is an exciting addition to the late garden. It gets going when the other daylilies are winding down. The flower is 6 inches across and is a soft orange with yellow midribs and yellow ruffled edges. The throat is yellow to green. It looks similar to its parent Butter Pecan but blooms later and is much taller. The scapes is 40 inches tall with 3 way branching and 17 buds. It is a dormant tetraploid and has rebloomed for us. (Butter Pecan X Bass Gibson)

Last Man Standing (Benz, 2000) is a dormant tetraploid with 4.5 inch rose red bitone flowers about a green throat. Its scapes are 26 inches tall (taller in our garden) with 5 branches and 45 buds. It is registered as a rebloomer, but we have not observed that in our garden. It is fertile but you have to give it time to get well established before it will set pods. (Red Lightning × Angel's Smile)

Never Too Late (Mason-M., 2010) is registered as a very late blooming dormant tetraploid with 5 inch garnet purple bitone flowers with a pink watermark and a bubbly gold edge. Its scape is 26 inches tall with 4 branches and 20 buds. Never Too Late is one of the most colorful among our late bloomers. It is also quite pod fertile as well. ((Royal Braid × Time Warp) × Charmed Existence)

Raggedy Man (Seifert, 2012) is an dormant tetraploid daylily that blooms late season. It has 5.5 inch luscious orange blooms with a wide yellow throat and a matching yellow toothy edge. Its scape is 29 inches tall with 3 branches and 18 buds. If you like the color orange and teeth, this is a must to grow. It is also quite fertile. (Mexican Sunrise × Ruffled Strawberry Parfait)

Rosalie's Smile (Morss, 2010) was quite a find. We bought it because it is late blooming and we really found a gem. It is a semi-evergreen tetraploid with 32 inch scapes with 4 branches and 29 buds. It flowers are 5 inches and are described in the American Hemerocallis Society database as butter yellow with a bold plum eye and edge above a green throat. To our eyes, the color is soft melon. The melon with the plum eye makes for a striking flower. The database says it is a rebloomer, but we have not observed that in our garden.

Ruffled Strawberry Parfait (Reckamp-Klehm, 2003) is a dormant tetraploid daylily with 6 inch cream and pink pastel blend flowers above a gold throat. It also has a toothy edge. Its scape is 28 inches tall. Ruffled Strawberry Parfait has been an important parent in breeding for teeth. It is quite pod fertile.

Sandra Elizabeth (Stevens-D., 1983) is a very late blooming dormant tetraploid with 6 inch deep yellow self flowers. Its scape is 28 inches tall. It won an Honorable Mention in 1993 and the Eugene S. Foster Award in 1993 as well.

Sonoran Desert Rose is a dormant tetraploid daylily with 6.5 inch light red bitone flowers with a more intense eye and some gold edge. It is registered with a 36 inch scape with 3 branches and 20+ buds. However, in the summer of 2019, it had 6 way branching with scapes of 40 inches and a bud count of 30-40+. It is a late bloomer and very fertile both ways. It is becoming of of our best parent plants with many interesting seedlings. (Ashwood Summer Sunshine X Cactus Blossom)

Terrorsaur (Gossard, 2018) is new to the garden in the fall of 2018. It has 30 inch scapes with 4-5 way branching and 18-24 buds. It is a late season, early-morning opener, dormant tetraploid with rebloom and very good rust resistance. It is recommended by the hyridizer for USDA zones 5-10. Terrorsaur has rich, sunfast blood red color and teeth of white, gold and even red on both the petals and the sepals. We are excited to add this to our toothy program and our late-blooming program.